Career
Her first novel, Isabel and Rocco, (), was published when she was 19. "Dazzling.. She has written for a number of newspapers, including columns for The Observer and The Sunday Telegraph. She read English at Lincoln College, Oxford.
She was awarded a scholarship with the Masters programme at the American Film Institute, Los Angeles, which she attended until 2008.
Her second novel, The Pink Hotel, was longlisted for the 2012 Orange Prize.